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Riley, who worked for Eversource before Norwich, said the scale that Eversource is working on is “unfathomable” to the Norwich utility. Most of the state is served by two for-profit companies, Eversource and United Illuminating.Įversource, which serves over 1.2 million customers across Connecticut has become a particular target of criticism from customers, regulators and lawmakers, as some customers expect to wait several days or longer before company crews can restore power.īut representatives of two municipal electric providers told CT Examiner on Thursday that their response can’t be compared to Eversource because they are different kinds of providers working on completely different scales. Wallingford and Norwich are two of six municipal electric providers in Connecticut, including two in Norwalk, Jewett City, and Groton Utilities, which includes Bozrah Light and Power. Thursday, he said that the town’s system showed 679 customers without power. About 4,000 Wallingford electric customers lost power Tuesday, said Director of Public Utilities Richard Hendershot. The Town of Wallingford Electric Division serves about 25,000 customers in Wallingford and the Northford section of North Branford. “We hope that by 8:30, 9 o’clock, we’ll be at 99 percent, and tomorrow we should have it all cleaned up,” Riley said. Spokesman Chris Riley said that they were able respond as soon as the storm passed. on Thursday, the utility was on track to have power restored by the end of the day to all but 200 customers.Īccording to a Monday news release, the utility prepared for the storm over the weekend, making sure workers, vehicles and equipment were ready, and by contracting with a tree crew to standby.

#UNITE CT EVERSOURCE UPDATE#

The utility expects that 99 percent of its customers will have power by the end of Thursday, just two days after about a third of Norwich’s 20,000 customers lost power.Īs of Riley’s latest update at 3 p.m.

Municipal electric utilities with small and compact customer bases - like Norwich Public Utilities and Town of Wallingford Electric Division - have made quick progress restoring power to customers after Tropical Storm Isaias even as hundreds of thousands of customers of Eversource and United Illuminating remain without power on Thursday night.īy the end of Wednesday night, Norwich Public Utilities had restored power to 5,500 of the 6,500 affected customers.

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